29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Natural Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Natural Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Natural Bridge volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a very strong tendency toward unpaid work, both through volunteering and supporting others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.2% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and 15 percentage points above the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.2% of people providing unpaid care and 47.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national average. This is alongside 25% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 26.5%.
29.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Natural Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32110/natural-bridge/topic/community